https://youtu.be/ykHfYjwmwGE If someone gave you an item from the past and asked you to identify where it came from and how it was used, where would you start? This is the challenge students took on in the courses Art of the Americas and Art of Mesoamerica. Dr. Billie Follensbee assigned objects to each student, charging them to use careful research, contextualization and … [Read more...]
Dr. Catherine Jolivette, professor of art and design, is the recipient of the 2017 FCTL Teaching Award in Diversity. According to the FCTL website, "This award recognizes faculty who focus on culturally responsive teaching and faculty who demonstrate a scholarly approach integrating diversity into the classroom." Jolivette said, "Diversity, for me, is getting to hear all the … [Read more...]
A talk by Dr. Craig Howe, the director of the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies, will take place Wednesday, April 12 at 4:00 p.m. at the Springfield Art Museum. Dr. Howe has conducted path-breaking theoretical work in many areas of Native Studies: tribal history, tribal sovereignty, and architecture and sacred space. Dr. Howe has been the director of … [Read more...]
An exhibit reflecting the work of students in ART 386: Art of Africa and ART 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts will run Sept. 21 - Dec.16, 2016 at Duane G. Meyer Library, Room 306, Special Collections and Archives. The room is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibit features objects on loan from several collections This educational exhibit is the … [Read more...]
Several art history students have been accepted into competitive programs this summer to learn more about their fields. Hannah Harmon Hannah Harmon, an art history major and museum studies minor, was awarded a competitive summer internship at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Harmon was the only person awarded the internship, which also carries a $1,500 stipend. As … [Read more...]